Where does DWS S.R.L. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DWS S.R.L. ranks #10,309 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does DWS S.R.L. hold?

DWS S.R.L. holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is DWS S.R.L.'s Innovation Score?

DWS S.R.L. has an Innovation Score of 36.1 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is DWS S.R.L.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

DWS S.R.L.'s recent grant velocity is -24% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for DWS S.R.L.'s patents?

DWS S.R.L.'s patents average 12.5 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the DWS S.R.L. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

DWS S.R.L.

Q: What technology areas does DWS S.R.L. focus on?

DWS S.R.L.'s top technology area is B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing) with 27 patents, ranking #239 of 4,378 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, DWS ranks #10,309 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 19 technology areas.

#10,309
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.1/100): 12.5
avg claims per patent: -24%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10309 · Foreign Corporation #10,309 · 30 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,309/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dart Neuroscience…
CPC-FOCUS B29C · 19 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -24% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dart Neuroscience, (Cayman) Ltd. (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How DWS’s 36.1 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 11.9 pts (33%) Velocity 1.3 pts (4%) Breadth 15.4 pts (43%) Claim depth 7.5 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ameriforge Group · near

36
Brunson Instrument · near

36
Celldex Therapeutics · near

36
DWS S R L · this assignee

36
Elpis · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows DWS's Innovation Score is 36.1/100 (top 47% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for DWS?

Each dot is one of DWS’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). DWS’s own 12.5 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

DWS vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where DWS's grants concentrate

DWS S.R.L. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, DWS sits between DG International Holdings Limited and Echogen Power Systems, LLC.

DWS's three-year grant acceleration

DWS S.R.L. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

DG International…

30
DN Solutions

30
DOMPÈ Farmaceutic…

30
Dreco Energy Serv…

30
Dart Neuroscience…

30
Desprez

30
Distalmotion

30
Echogen Power Sys…

30
DWS S R L ◀

30

What this shows DWS holds 30 patents at rank #10,306, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DWS

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,306 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in DWS's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for DWS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics), DWS ranks #239 of 4,378 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. 36 Elpis Technologies Inc. 36 Brunson Instrument Company 36 Ameriforge Group Inc. 36

DWS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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DWS S.R.L. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	6.7%
2016	4	13.3%
2017	4	13.3%
2018	2	6.7%
2019	5	16.7%
2020	4	13.3%
2021	6	20.0%
2022	1	3.3%
2023	1	3.3%
2024	1	3.3%

Which technologies does DWS S.R.L. patent most?

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 27

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 25

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 3

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 2

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 2

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 2

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 1

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 1

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 1

Top 15 of 19 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

DWS S.R.L.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

DWS S.R.L.'s lead technology class is B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29C
Ranked #10,309 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare DWS S.R.L. against DG International Holdings Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.1/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

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Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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